RAFAEL OLARTE

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	First Name: Rafael Middle Name: Ernesto Last Name: Olarte 2^nd Last Name: Valdivieso Nationality: Colombian Date of Birth: June 5^th, 1979 Marital Status: Single
	Daytime Phone: (+57) 1-3172855 Ext. 118 Evening Phone: (+57) 1-3480683 Fax: (+57) 1-5436622 E-mail: olartevaldiviesorafael@yahoo.com
	Bachelor’s Degree: Civil Engineering. Javeriana University, September 2003. Certificates: ISO-9001 Internal Auditor, Javeriana University, March – June 2004 Language Skills: English (TOEFL score: 283/300), French (Delf 2^nd Degree) and Spanish.
	Third Place. “UDES Santander” Senior High School Contest. Bucaramanga, Colombia : December 18^th 1996. Academic Excellence. Class of 1996. San Pedro Claver School. Bucaramanga, Colombia : November 29^th 1996. Third Place. XII Physics and Chemistry Contest. Caldas Institute. Bucaramanga, Colombia : October 12^th 1996. Second Place. National Junior Chess Championship. Cucuta, Colombia : June 27^th 1992.
	Statistics and Probability. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Department of Civil Engineering. Supervisor: Juan José Obagi, M.Sc. Bogota, Colombia : February - June 2002.
	Courses taken: Statistics. Non-degree program. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Department of Civil Engineering. Bogota, Colombia : February – June 2004. Statistics and Probability; Programming III; Programming II, Programming I. Civil engineering bachelor’s program. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Department of Civil Engineering. Bogota, Colombia. Programming Languages: Borland C/C++; Pascal 7.0; Borland C++ Builder 3.0; Fortran 77; Visual Basic 6.0; AutoLisp; Matlab R13; SQL.
	Sales Representative. Since July 2005. Company: eBusiness Solutions S.A. Contact: Diego Márquez Website: http://www.ebiz-s.com Phone: (+57) 1-3172855 Headquarters: Bogotá, Colombia.
	Quality Chief. September 2004 –January 2005. Company: Consorcio Andino Contact: Jairo Alberto Marcelo Phone: (+57) 1-2111981 Headquarters: Bogotá, Colombia.
	HSEQ Assistant. February – September 2004. Company: Quality Initiative Consulting Group Ltda. Contact: Uriel Montaño Phone: (+57) 1-6378473 Headquarters: Bogotá, Colombia.
	Geographic Information Systems Recording Operator. October – December 2003 Company: Integral S.A. Contact: Vladimiro Vélez Phone: (+57) 1-2324513 Headquarters: Bogotá, Colombia.
	(1.3 MB) (544 KB) (147 KB) (132 KB) OLARTE and OBREGÓN. Comparison between a Simple Genetic Algorithm and an Ant System for the Calibration of a Rainfall-Runoff Model. Proceedings of the 6^th Hydroinformatics International Conference, IWA, INHER and IAHS, Singapore : June 2004. (151 KB) (136 KB) OLARTE, OBREGÓN and RENGIFO. Evolutionary Algorithms in Hydroinformatics (Spanish). Proceedings of the International Seminar “Hydroinformatics in the Integral Management of Water Resources”. IWA and Cinara Institute. Cartagena, Colombia : October 1-3, 2003. (168 KB) (185 KB) OLARTE, OBREGÓN and FRAGALA. Metaheuristic Optimization of a Continuous Simulation Hydrological Model using the Ant Colony Algorithm (Spanish). Proceedings of the International Seminar “Hydroinformatics in the Integral Management of Water Resources”. IWA and Cinara Institute. Cartagena, Colombia : October 1-3, 2003.
	(953 KB) (871 KB) OLARTE. Tools for the Implementation of Genetic Algorithms in Civil Engineering and Hydroinformatics (Spanish). Graduation Paper. Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia : June 15th, 2003.
	Logistics, supply chain management, routing problems, meta-heuristic optimization algorithms and applications, mathematical optimization problems.
	Probability theory, linear algebra, computer programming, materials mechanics, linear programming, calculus, hydrology.
	Middle School, South Carolina. November 1992 – January 1993 Taking advantage of my usual three-month vacation in Colombia, I traveled to Columbia, South Carolina to attend classes at Irmo’s Middle School. There I had the chance to put into practice my English and make everlasting friends. High School, South Carolina. November 1994 – January 1995 Similar experience as the above, only that this time I went to a Catholic private school. Military Service. January – September 1998 I had the opportunity to work at the Multinational Force & Observers peacekeeping force at the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. See pictures. Trip around Europe. August 1998 During my month of vacation at the MFO, I went with four friends to Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and Greece. See pictures.
	Nelson Obregón, Ph.D. Head of the Master’s Program in Hydrosystems. Head of the “Hydrosciences” and “Applied Mathematics” Groups. Engineering Faculty, Javeriana University. Bogotá, Colombia. Phone: (+57) 1-3208320 Ext. 5256. E-mail: nobregon@javeriana.edu.co Juan José Obagi, M.Sc. Research and teaching professor. Logistics research group “Logistikos”. Engineering Faculty, Javeriana University. Bogotá, Colombia. Phone: (+57) 1-3208320 Ext. 5306. E-mail: obagi@javeriana.edu.co Jorge Ignacio Vélez, M.Sc - DIC. Associate professor. Engineering Faculty, Javeriana University. Bogotá, Colombia. Phone: (+57) 1-3208320 Ext. 5306. E-mail: jivelezm@hotmail.com

Last updated, February 6th 2006